Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 10, 2012
Photo by Adam Riley (Rockjumper Birding Tours) Despite initial appearances, these birds are in fact very large passerines (13-16 in) and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine evolutionary tree. Both species of picathartes are threatened by extinction and categorized on the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable.
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